Door stop and holder.



U ITED STATES: PATENT (31 nch.

mmiahema m BERNARD ALMONTE, or nos'ron, MASSACHUSETTS.

DOOR STOP AND HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 650,059, dated May 22, 1900.

Application filed Jaiiuary9,1900. Serial it. 84.2. (No mar.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD ALMONTE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Stops and Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a door stop and holder having two members, one of which is amxed to the door, and the other member, which cooperates therewith, is affixed to the floor or to the base-boarder any convenient support.

111 many of the door stops and holders heretofore made, especially those which have an elastic buffer, the principle of construction is such that they are too fragile for use on heavy doors, and many of the door-stops in use that are strong enough for large doors are not doorholders, and in order to make them strong enough it would be necessary to'make them so large as to be clumsy and unsightly.

The object of my invention is to produce a device which will serve both as a noiseless door-stop and as a holder to retain the door open and be of such form of construction that even when of comparatively-small size it will be sufficiently strong for use on large heavy doors.

My invention will now be fully described by reference to the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claim at the close of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View showing my device in use, one member being secured to the door and the other member socured to the wall, a portion only of the door and Wall being shown, thedoor being swung back nearly far enough for the two members to become engaged. Fig. 2 is a plan showing the two members engaged as they will appear when the door is swung clear back. Fig. 3 is a section of the female member on line 3 3 of Fig. 4.. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the fe male member. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the male member. Fig. 7 is a perspective of a modified form of male member such as I prefer to use when one of the members is attached to the floor instead of to the wall.

IVhen one of the members is attached to the wall, I prefer that it should be the female member and that the male member be attached to the door. Then one of the ment bers is attached to the floor, I prefer that it should be the male member and that the fe male member then be attached to the door.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6 of the drawings, the male member A is attached to the door 1, and the female member B is attached to the wall 2. The preferred location is near the floor. The female member 13 comprises a block 3, having a flanged base 4, spring-plates 5-, set one on either side of the block 3, and a collar 6,which clamps the two spring-plates to the block. The block 3 is preferably formed of metal and cast integral with the base 4. When made of metal, I make it with a socket in which I insert a plug 7, of rubber or other elastic material, which projects beyond the block and forms an elastic and noiseless buf fer. The block 3 may, however, be itself composed of rubber and secured to the base 4; but I preferthe block to be of metal,with a rubber plug. The two spring-plates 5 are placed on opposite sides of the block 3, with their inner ends resting against the base 4, and are held.

firmly in position by a collar 6, which fits snugly outside the block and springs. The collar and springs are held in place by screws 8, which pass through the collar and springs into the block and impinge against the rubber plug 7, holding it in its socket. The outer ends of the springs 5 are preferably formed with their ends curled inwardly'and around against the sides, as shown, thus strengthening the springs and forming curls 9, which engage in grooves 10 of the male member, as will be hereinafter described, to lock thetwo members together. The base 4 is screwed to the wall or other support. The male member Ais formed with'a wedge-shaped end portion 11, the thickness of the wedge being somewhat greater than the space between the curls 9 of the springs, so that the curls will be spread apart when the wedge is pushed be tween them. After the wedge portion has passed the curls 9 they will spring back into the grooves 10, securely holding the door against being closed by a draft of wind or by any ordinary accidental movement; but by pulling on the door with some slight force the springs will yield, so that the wedge may withdraw. The grooves 10 are preferably concaved, so that the curls 9, which are also flpor, being formed with a base 15, a standcurved, will ride smoothly into and o'utof v ard 16, and alaterally-projectingportion hav the grooves. The member A has a flanged ing the wedge 11 and grooves '10, similar to 30 base 12, which is screwed to the door 1 theform already described.

5 The rubber'plug 7 forms a stop and' buffer, What'I claim is which prevents the wedge from being pushed A door stop and holder comprising a male too far through the curls 9' by aviolent swing and afemale member one ofwhich is attached of the door, and it also serves to make the stop to a door and the otherto a fixed support and 35 noiseless. t which interlock .with each other when the IQ As the springs 5are fiat without any bend, door is open, the female member comprising except the curls 9, and are backed by the 001- a bed-block, a rubber buifer inserted in a lar 6, which although detachable forms a socket therein, twoplate-sprin'gsonopposite 'strengthening band, they willstand a much sides of the block with projecting outer ends 40 greater strain than if the springs wereformed which-receive the] male member and with 15 of one plate bent to form thetwo arms, and, their inner ends resting against the base of the thereis practicallynothing to break. ,A-comi block, a reinforcing-collar which surrounds paratively-small device will be sutficientfor said block andsaidsprings, and screws which large andheavy doors. It isad aptedfor useon: gpassthrou gh said collar andsaid springs and 45 steamships, cars, houseand ofiice use, halls, TiIItO-D'HB 131001; and lmpinge on said 'buifer, 20 and any dobrsreqniring astop or holder. substantially asdescrihed.

. Itjisflo'bviousthatthe position of the two a In test-imonywhereof lrhave-aflixedmy sigmembers may bereversed, the femalememnature in presence of twowitnesses. be r B being on the door and the male mem- 1 BERNARD AL'MONTE.

ber A-secnredto the Wall or floor or other 25 fixed. support. Witnesses:

In the modification shown'in tFig. 7 the WILLIAM A. COPELAND,. male-member is adapted to be secured to the e ROBERT WALLACE. 

